Mine Gases

What am I?

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What Am I?

• I am found in high places.

• I am odorless

• I am tasteless

• I am colorless

• I am extremely explosive

• I have a SG of 0.0695

• I am Hydrogen

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What am I?

• I am found everywhere (not hi or low)• I am an asphyxiant in concentrations• I am colorless• I am odorless• I am tasteless• I am slightly water soluble• My SG is 0.967• I make up 78% of our atmosphere• I am Nitrogen

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What am I?

• I am odorless• I am found near roofs and backs• I am tasteless• I am colorless• I am somewhat water soluble• I am responsible for many, many miners deaths• I will explode when concentrated between 5% and 15%• I am Methane

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What Am I?

• I am water soluble• I am found everywhere (not hi or low)• I am odorless, colorless and tasteless• I am used in industry and medicine• My SG is 1.105• I keep fires burning• Without me you die!• I am Oxygen

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What am I?

• I have no color or taste• I prefer to stay low in mine air• I smell of petroleum• I am used in industry and at home• I assist you feeding your family many weekends• I am explosive between 2% and 9%• My SG is 1.563• I am Propane

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What am I?

• I am colorless and tasteless

• I smell pretty nasty

• I am slightly lighter than mine air

• I am highly explosive

• I am one of the most used gasses in industry

• My SG is 0.9107

• I am Acetylene

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What am I?

• I am told I taste sweet• I am very explosive• I am water soluble• I will kill you rapidly when concentrated• I have no color• I smell rotten• My SG is 1.19• I will explode between 4% and 45%• I am Hydrogen Sulfide

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What am I?

• I don’t smell• I have no taste or color• I am explosive• I am found everywhere in a mine (not hi or low)• Your blood likes me 300 times more than Oxygen• I will kill you and your whole family• I am a product of incomplete combustion• My explosive range is 12.5% to 74%• My SG is 0.967• I am Carbon Monoxide

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What am I?

• I am reddish brown in color• I smell of fumes• I will kill you and your fellow miners• I am not explosive• I am found waist level and lower in mines• I am a product of blasting and diesel engines• My SG is 1.59• I am Nitrogen Dioxide

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What am I?

• I have no color• I will kill miners when they breath me• I taste acidic• I like to dissolve myself in water and come out when

stirred up• I smell like a match• I tend to stay very low in the mine air• My SG is 2.264• I am Sulfur Dioxide

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What am I?• I am odorless and colorless• I am told I taste acidic in high concentrations• I have killed many miners• I like to stay low in mine air• I am a product of complete combustion• I am inherent in some rock strata• I am given off by old timber• I am a product of oxidation• Breathing me a little will increase your breathing rate• Breathing more of me will make you pant• My SG is 1.529• I am Carbon Dioxide